Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Elmhurst Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Elmhurst Avenue & Broadway Queens, NY 11373
Borough	Queens
Locale	Elmhurst
Coordinates	40°44′30″N 73°52′52″W / 40.741795°N 73.88104°WCoordinates: 40°44′30″N 73°52′52″W / 40.741795°N 73.88104°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (late nights)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q53
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936
Wireless service	[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,350,714[3]  0.3%
Rank	111 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Grand Avenue – Newtown: E  M  R
Next south	Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue: E  M  R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops weekdays only
Location
Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000672[4]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Elmhurst Avenue is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Elmhurst Avenue and Broadway in Elmhurst, Queens, it is served by the R train at all times except nights, when the E train takes over service. The M train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue) ← toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue)
	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ ( weekdays) toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (Grand Avenue – Newtown) → → toward Jamaica Center late nights (Grand Avenue – Newtown) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Southwestern (railroad north) entrance stair

This underground station, opened on December 31, 1936, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the E train during daytime hours and the F train at all times. Both platforms have a teal trim line on a black border with small "ELMHURST" signs in white lettering on a black background beneath them. They also have name tablets reading "ELMHURST AVE." in white sans serif lettering on a black background and teal border. Yellow i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black name plates in white lettering.

This station has a full-length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks supported by yellow i-beam columns. It is separated into three sections by two chain-link fences. However, underneath the westernmost staircase of the station, there is a passageway that connects the mezzanines from each direction, allowing free transfers between directions. Each platform has seven staircases going up to the mezzanine. The token booth is at the center in the middle section outside fare control with a small turnstile bank to either outer section.

The staircases to the street are at either end of the mezzanine. On the northwest (railroad south) side, one staircase goes up to the southwest corner of 82nd Street and Broadway while another goes up to the southwest corner of Britton Avenue and Broadway. At this end, there are two exit-only turnstiles from the Forest Hills-bound side of the mezzanine and two High Entry-Exit Turnstiles from the Manhattan-bound side. On the southeast (railroad north) side of the mezzanine, there are two staircases going up to either southern corners of 45th Avenue and Broadway and another going up to the northwest corner that is built within a store front and goes through a small underground shopping arcade. On this side, there are two exit-only turnstiles and one High Entry-Exit Turnstile from the Forest Hills-bound side and two High Entry-Exit Turnstiles from the Manhattan-bound side.

This station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 2005, as structure number 05000672.^[5][6]

Nearby infrastructure

The Elmhurst station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch was about half a block to the south of this station before it closed in 1985.

Between this station and Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue, there are holes on the tunnel's ceiling which are the never-used tunnels coming from the Roosevelt Avenue Terminal station.

References

1. NYC Subway Wireless
2. More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
4. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
5. Queens County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places (Structure #05000672)
6. National Register of Historic Places Listings March 25, 2005 (Structure #05000672)

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: Elmhurst Avenue
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Elmhurst Avenue Pictures
• Elmhurst Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Britton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 82nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View